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ASH SIFI'ER.

No. 345,823. Patented July 20-I 1886.

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GEORGE M. AMON, OE BROOKLYN,

PATENT OFFICE.

AND FRANZ XAVER BERGER, OF

NEw YoEK, N. Y.

ASH-SIFTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,823. dated July 20, 1886.

Application filed April 21, 1886.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE M. AMON, a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, and FRANZ XAYER BERGER, a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have jointly invented an Improved Ash-Sifter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being made to the accom-l panying drawings, in which- Figure lis a side elevation, partly in section, of our improved ash-sitter. Eig. 2 is a Vertical central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view, partly in section, of the same without the cover. Eig 4 is a detail section of certain parts in the same plane as Fig. 2, and Eig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line c c, Fig. 4.- i

This invention relates to a new ash-sifter. In the drawings, the letter A represents a cylindrical outer vessel, and B the'lid or cover with which the same is or may be covered.

O is a drawer in the lower part of the vessel A,for receiving the ashes from the siftingvessel D. This siftingvessel is also of cylindrical or nearly cylindricalA form, having a perforated bottom and sides. It is by preference constructed of wire-work having open meshes, but may, if desired, be made of perforated sheet metal.

At the upper part of the vessel D is an outwardly-projecting iiange, a, which serves as a means for supporting the vessel D on an inwardly-projecting ring or plate, b, that is attached to the inner circumference of the vessel A. Below thevessel D and above the drawer C, we prefer to secure within the vessel A a truncated conical deiiector, E, which serves to guide the ashes that fall from the siftingvessel D into the drawer O, and prevents the ashes getting between the walls of the drawer and the walls of the vessel A. Friction rollers or balls d may be interposed between the ange a and the plate b.

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On the outer side of the vessel A is secured a frame, F, in which are the bearings of two shafts, e and f, which are geared together by toothed-wheels g. A suitable `crankhandle, It, on the shaft e will, when revolved, cause the shaftf also to be turned. The shaftf has a crank, t', which connects by a rod,j, with a slide, k, that extends through a slot, Z,(see Fig. 1,) in the wall ofthe vessel A. On the inner side of the vessel Athis slide 7c has an upwardly -projecting pin, m, which extends through an aperture in the flange a ofthe vessel D. Vhenever the shaft e is revolved, the slide k is reciprocated,and with it the vessel D, so as to sift whatever ashes are put into it. It is not essential that the crank-handle h be attached to the shaft e,because the same may be directly attached, if desired, to the shaft f, in which case the shaft e and the toothed-wheels g can be dispensed with. After the sifting the vessel D can be easily taken out to discharge whatever coal or cinders it may contain, the perforated flange a permitting its ready disconnection from the actuating-pin m.

The flange or plate b is slotted, as in Eig. 5, to permit the pin m, which moves the sifter D, to move in the desired direction and to the required extent.

We claim- In an ash-sitter, the combination of the main outer vessel, A, having slotted inner flange or plate, b, and the slot Z, with the removable sieve D, having outer iiange, a, the actuatingpin in, slide k, rod j, and crank-shaft f, the pin m extending upward through a slot in the iiange b, as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

GEORGE M. AMON. ERANZfXAVER BERGER.

Witnesses:

GUsrnv SCHNEPPE, HARRY M. TURN. 

